The bioMASON Startup Grows Bricks from Bacteria

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Bricks are an essential part of most building projects. Though they come in many different forms, most are made of clay and created with a firing process. And that process isn’t exactly environmentally friendly. But Ginger Dosier, a former architect who founded the company bioMASON, think there’s a better way. She told CNN:

“There are over a trillion bricks made this way globally every year. That’s lot of energy usage and carbon dioxide emissions.”

Dosier’s company started out as a simple science experiment.

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The bioMASON Startup Grows Bricks from Bacteria

brick

Bricks are an essential part of most building projects. Though they come in many different forms, most are made of clay and created with a firing process. And that process isn’t exactly environmentally friendly. But Ginger Dosier, a former architect who founded the company bioMASON, think there’s a better way. She told CNN:

“There are over a trillion bricks made this way globally every year. That’s lot of energy usage and carbon dioxide emissions.”

Dosier’s company started out as a simple science experiment.

Read Full Story

from Blogger http://evangelinagius.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-biomason-startup-grows-bricks-from.html